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Table 3 Comparison of different age categories among women

From: Stroke in women: experience in a developing country

 

CB

M

PM

p-value

Age

Frequency

(18-45y)

N = 450

(46-60y)

N = 1538

(> 60y)

N = 2622

 

Type of stroke, %

    

Ischemic stroke

68.1

79.4

91.3

< 0.0001

Hemorrhagic Stroke

16.7

8.6

4.7

 

TIA

2.9

2.2

2.4

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

12.3

9.8

1.5

Post-hoc

p-value

Ischemic stroke

CB vs M

M vs PM

CB vs PM

 

Hemorrhagic Stroke

0.001

0.0001

0.0001

 

TIA

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

 

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

0.3

0.1

0.6

0.0001

0.5

0.0001

 

Type Of ischemic stroke

    

  Small Vessel Lacunar

12.6

35.1

31.9

< 0.0001

  Large Vessel Disease with

39.6

40.3

39.7

 

 Stenosis

    

  Cardio Embolic

18.9

12.7

19

 

  Undetermined etiology

9.9

8.4

7.3

 

  Other determined etiology

9.9

3.6

2.1

 

Post-hoc

p-value

 

CB vs M

M vs PM

CB vs PM

 

  Small Vessel Lacunar

0.0001

 

0.0001

 

  Large Vessel Disease with

0.7

0.03

0.9

 

 Stenosis

 

0.7

  

  Cardio-embolic

0.0009

0.0001

0.9

 

  Undetermined etiology

0.3

0.1

0.05

 

  Other determined etiology

0.0001

0.003

0.0001

 

Acute Intervention treatment

    

  Conservative

88.1

85.6

80.9

0.05

  IVT

10.4

12

17.1

 

  MT

1

1.1

1.3

 

  IVT and MT

0.5

1.3

0.6

 

Post-hoc

p-value

 

CB vs M

M vs PM

CB vs PM

 

  Conservative

0.1

0.0001

0.0002

 

  IVT

0.3

0.0001

0.0004

 

  MT

0.8

0.5

0.5

 

  IVT and MT

0.1

0.01

0.7

 

mRS* discharge favorable outcome

54.2

38.4

31.9

0.002

Post-hoc

CB vs M

M vs PM

CB vs PM

 

p-value

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

 

mRS* 3 months favorable outcome

59.6

51.5

43.6

< 0.001

Post-hoc

CB vs M

M vs PM

CB vs PM

 

p-value

0.002

0.0001

0.0001

 
  1. CB: childbearing (18-45y), M: menopause (46-60y), PM: postmenopausal (> 60y), TIA: transient ischemic attacks, IVT: intravenous thrombolysis, MT: mechanical thrombectomy, mRS: Modified Rankin Scale favorable outcome: (≤ 2)